Viewfinder: Protesting the Draft in Israel

Israeli security forces break up a protest of ultra-Orthodox Jews with water cannons in Jerusalem on October 23rd, 2017. Several thousand ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked the main entrance to Jerusalem as part of a series of demonstrations against serving in the Israeli military.

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A man prays in front of the Argentine Israelite Mutual Association Jewish community center during the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the terrorist bombing attack that killed 85 people and injured 300, in Buenos Aires on July 18th, 2017.